17. Higher Learning

Complete story — includes the ending

Protests in Chile and the U.S. bring Hercutel's mining operations on a glacier in Chile to a halt. Hugo, a member of the indigenous tribe that lives on the glacier, live-streams his hike to its peak to draw attention to the destruction that Hercutel will cause. Elizabeth, Stevie, Blake, and Allison visit a potential college for Allison. A group of angry protestors confront Elizabeth on campus. Their leader, after Elizabeth's bodyguard stops him from approaching her, files a lawsuit against the State Department. Elizabeth gets him to withdraw the lawsuit by calling his parents. Learning that Chile's contract with Hercutel violated their agreement with their indigenous population, Elizabeth proposes an alternate mining method which would preserve the glacier. Hercutel decides to mine in Argentina instead. Hugo is caught up in an avalanche but is rescued. Henry convinces a local immigrant who was a teacher in Syria to contact her old student, Hijriyyah, who responds with a cryptic message that Henry's team hopefully interprets as meaning that she might work with them.